The Presidential Library has prepared a virtual exhibition dedicated to the rich legacy of Ahmad bey Agaoglu, a prominent figure in the history of Azerbaijani social thought and a distinguished publicist, jurist, orientalist scholar, and educator.

The virtual exhibition comprehensively reflects Ahmad bey Agaoglu’s socio-political, scholarly, and journalistic activities, his services to the national awakening movement, his ideas on modernization, and his contributions to the development of Azerbaijani social thought. It also provides extensive insight into the prominent role played by the thinker in the formation of national statehood consciousness, the development of an environment of free thought, and the spread of modernization trends throughout the Muslim East, as well as his active participation in the complex historical and political processes that took place in Azerbaijan and beyond its borders in the early twentieth century.

The publications featured in the exhibition provide readers with an opportunity to gain comprehensive insight into Ahmad bey Agaoglu’s social and political views, his reflections on national and moral values, his approaches to East–West relations, his journalistic legacy, and his role in the history of the Azerbaijani press. The exhibition also presents scholarly studies, monographs, memoirs, and symposium proceedings devoted to his life and work, socio-philosophical views, the political environment of the period in which he lived and worked, and the Azerbaijani enlightenment movement.

The virtual exhibition serves as an important source of scholarly and cultural information for a wide readership, while also constituting a valuable resource for researchers, teachers, students, and users interested in the history of Azerbaijani social thought. The exhibition contributes to a deeper study of Ahmad bey Agaoglu’s socio-political and educational ideas, promotes a fuller appreciation of his role in the formation of national and cultural thought, and provides comprehensive insight into important stages in the history of the Azerbaijani enlightenment movement.